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On Easter Sunday in 1934 Pope Pius XI canonized Father John Bosco and described his life as being “the supernatural became the natural and the extraordinary the ordinary.” Pope Pius XI had known Father John Bosco personally and spoke of his beloved Don Bosco being renowned as an educational pioneer and caregiver of orphans. Born Giovanni Melchior Bosco in 1815, this saint was the youngest son of a peasant farmer in Becchi in northern Italy. His father died when he was two years old and he was raised by his devoted mother, Margaret Bosco, who tried to maintain the home and provide for three children, all of them boys. When he was merely nine years old, John Bosco had a dream which revealed his future vocation. In the dream he was surrounded by a mob of children fighting and swearing. Suddenly, there appeared a woman who said, “Softly, if you wish to win them. Take your shepherd's staff and lead them to pasture.”
Gus Puleo is a journalist and freelance writer who has written for various local newspapers, including The Times Herald, The Mercury, Springfield Press, The Reporter, and the Journal Register Company. His articles primarily focus on religious topics, including celebrations of saints, reflections on faith, and the intersection of reason and religion.
